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[Bryy_Miller]

Yeah, The Wall is all like "HI GUYS I'M GIGANTIC".

[silver-crescent]

I didn't picture the wall to be like that at all actually. I thought it was less snow and more glistening blue ice

[naughty99]

Capt. Obvious wrote...

What I don't like is how they say that Cersei loves Robert. Cersei despises Robert. Robert raped her and treats her like ****. But I digress.

maybe they are setting this up so that the "twincest" is a big reveal later in the season for viewers who have not read the novels

[Dreadstruck]

Robert raped her? That's news to me, I always thought she was the one who didn't "let that filthy pig touch her"

[slimgrin]

This looks really cool, but I don't have HBO.

[naughty99]

Avalla'ch wrote...

Robert raped her? That's news to me, I always thought she was the one who didn't "let that filthy pig touch her"

Not sure if you read all the books, but 

--minor spoiler--

Cersei has an inner monologue at some point reflecting that Robert would force himself on her occasionally and she would use moon tea to make sure she would not become pregnant with her husband's child.

Modifié par naughty99, 09 avril 2011 - 04:16 .

[twincast]

Capt. Obvious wrote...

What I don't like is how they say that Cersei loves Robert.

They don't. Lena Headey says she thinks Cersei really loved Robert in the beginning, but it all soon went downhill fast, which isn't entirely correct either, but close enough to not make a fuss about.


edit: and yeah, important family looks in the books:
Targaryens: silver hair and purple eyes (they tried using contacts for the TV show, but apparently they hurt too much)
Starks: brown hair
Tullys: auburn hair (as do the Stark kids with "Tully coloring", so all but Jon and Arya)
Baratheons: black hair
Lannisters: blond hair

Modifié par twincast, 09 avril 2011 - 12:08 .

[Arppis]

I doubt this show comes soon to Finland. But I really hope I could see it at some point. I haven't read any of these books, even when they were highly praised.

[HoonDing]

Addai67 wrote...

virumor wrote...

Only thing I disliked was the Others. Aren't they creatures of another race? From that preview, it seems they're a bunch of crazed hillbillies out of Deliverance.

Maybe you're mixing up the Others with the wraiths?  Those killed by the Others become wraiths.  Hence the creepy little girl coming back to life with blue eyes.

You are probably right. It's been years since I read Game of Thrones. Add in some Wheel of Time books and the Malazan books and it's a surprise I'm not mixing up everything.

[naughty99]

Arppis wrote...

I doubt this show comes soon to Finland. But I really hope I could see it at some point. I haven't read any of these books, even when they were highly praised.

I would highly recommend to anyone to read at least the first book before watching the show.

All of the books in the series are such well-crafted page turners, you might find yourself compelled to read the rest of them.

[Addai]

Brockololly wrote...

Capt. Obvious wrote...

Also, 25 minutes of the Making of Game of Thrones.

Awesome.

I just love how they've nailed the sense of scale of The Wall.

Ack, too much squee.  Too much!

The kids are so cute and all the casting seems to me to be spot on, except I had pictured Catelyn somehow more.. I guess conventionally pretty.
The surprise I want to see is a Rhaegar and Lyanna scene.  C'mon HBO, make it happen. 

[Brockololly]

Addai67 wrote...
The kids are so cute and all the casting seems to me to be spot on, except I had pictured Catelyn somehow more.. I guess conventionally pretty.

Yeah...Catelyn seems a bit older than I pictured her, but so long as she can act, she looks good enough. They basically tweaked the ages of everyone a bit it seems.

And a new trailer with lots of little glimpses on some pretty big scenes.

[silver-crescent]

I thought Catelyn, Eddard, Jon and Robb would definitely be younger.

That new trailer wasn't as impressive as the other ones

Anyway, 7 days to go!

[HoonDing]

I wish LOTR got this same miniseries treatment.

[naughty99]

@Virumor - I wouldn't be surprised if that were to happen at some point in the future, however, IMHO, the Song of Fire and Ice series mops the floor with the LOTR books. I loved LOTR, but these are characters that will get under your skin and haunt your dreams. 

The producers have made some brilliant casting choices, although I also imagined a more conventionally beautiful Catelyn and a more waif-ish Daennerys.

I've found that character names have a kind of subtextual visual shorthand when reading fiction or screenplays. The similarity of her name evoked Cate Blanchett for me.

My concern is --

--SPOILER---
if she already looks this haggard now, how is Catelyn going to look in the later books when her appearance takes a major turn for the worse? The contrast should be huge.
---END OF SPOILER---

Modifié par naughty99, 10 avril 2011 - 03:48 .

[twincast]

Well, Jennifer Ehle, the actress who portrayed Catelyn in the pilot, was (considering the general aging up of the characters) pretty much a picture perfect fit for the Cat in my (and many, many others') mind and as much as I've gotten used to Michelle Fairley, she simply doesn't look like she used to be one of the five most beautiful (noble) women in the Seven Kingdoms, let alone like someone who could still give Cersei a run for her money in the beauty department or has Sansa as a dead ringer look-alike, but other than Littlefinger's obsession, her beauty (and Sansa's resemblance) is a neglectable point and as a positive we got a Lysa who's a believable sister to her, so I'm honestly more bothered by the SW-fication of the Moon Door, which is to say not much at all.

[Addai]

Yeah I was sad at both the Jennifer Ehle--> Michelle Fairley change and the Tamzin Merchant --> Emilia Clarke change for Daenerys. Thus far I'm impressed by what I've seen of Clarke, but will have to be sold on Fairley as Catelyn.

LOTR doesn't have enough sex for it to work as a high-budget miniseries. I just hope someone eventually makes it into a decent game.

I'm glad they made the kids older. For some of the scenes they'll have to do, it makes me  thinking that a young actor has to play them. Like Sansa...

Modifié par Addai67, 11 avril 2011 - 07:35 .

[naughty99]

I'm getting confused by all these names.

Does this mean there was an older adaptation attempt on a different network?

I checked IMDB but didn't see any older version.

Modifié par naughty99, 11 avril 2011 - 07:44 .

[Maria13]

@ Naughty on the reading: Great stuff and that Song of Fire and Ice trumps LOTR...

[mousestalker]

For those who will watch the series, but haven't read the book, there's a phrase you will need to learn. It will come in handy: "Darn you George Martin! How could you?"

You will be saying it often.

[twincast]

naughty99 wrote...

I'm getting confused by all these names.

Does this mean there was an older adaptation attempt on a different network?

I checked IMDB but didn't see any older version.

I hardly ever visit IMDb, but a trip to its wikipedia page should answer all your questions.